Clothesbrush



' Dec. 9, 1947. TYLER 2,432,264

CLOTHES BRUSH Filed May 27. 1946 I N UENTOR:

I L- C- TYLER Patented Dec. 9, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates generally to clothes brushes, and more particularlyto those types of brushes wherein a back or brush body has two or moreparallel rows of tufts of bristles and generally used for brushing thesurfaces of fabric or the like, in order to pick up and removetherefrom, dust, lint, ravelings, hair or the like.

However, the principles of my invention, particularly the shape andrelative arrangement of the tufts of bristles may be advantageouslyemployed in tooth brushes, scrub brushes or the larger forms of rakes orbrushes used for removing leaves and other refuse from lawns, pavedsurfaces and the like.

The principal object of my invention is, to provide a brush wherein thebristles are shaped and the tufts of bristles are arranged so that dust,lint and other sweepings will be raked or picked up from the surfacebeing brushed or cleaned and trapped between the rows of bristle tufts,from whence they may be readily removed, following the brushingfunction.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a brush constructed in accordance withmy invention.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the brush.

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view and showing the position of thebristle tufts as the brush is moved toward the right hand.

Fig. 4 is an end elevational view and showing the position of thebristle tufts as the brush is moved toward the left hand.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of a brush having two rows of bristletufts and showing the position thereof, when the brush is moved towardthe right hand.

Fig. 6 is an end elevational view of a two row bristle tuft brush andshowing the position of the bristle tufts when said brush is movedtoward the left hand.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing, which illustrates apreferred embodiment of my invention, l0 designates a brush back or bodywhich may be of any desired size and shape and secured to the underfacethereof, in conventional manner, are the inner ends of tufts of bristlesll, disposed in parallel rows. These rows are arranged in pairs with thefree end portions of the tufts of each row being shaped so that theycurve gradually toward the corresponding end portions of the companionrow as designated by 12 and thus, under normal conditions, the inneredges of the ends of the bristles in each pair of tufts practicallytouch each other, as seen in Fig. 2.

The space between the members of each pair of tufts, provides a chamberl3 for the reception of the dust, hair and other sweepings picked up bythe brush while same is in use.

When my improved brush is moved toward the right hand (see Fig. 3) thecurved ends of the bristles in the front of leading row of tufts of eachpair, will bend rearwardly toward the corresponding ends of the outer ortrailing row of tufts, thus passing over the surface being brushed orswept, without removing any dust, lint or the like therefrom, and at thesame time, the curved ends of the bristles in the trailing row of tufts,will be bent rearwardly so as to bring their ends directly against thesurface being brushed, thus acting as resilient rake teeth toeffectively comb over said surface and remove therefrom, all extraneousmatter such as dust, lint, hair and the like.

The sweepings thus picked up will be trapped and accumulate in the space13 between the bristle tufts, from whence they may be readily removed,following the use of the brush.

Where natural hair bristles are used in producing the brush, saidbristles must be treated or acted upon to permanently curve their endportions, but where said bristles are formed of plastics or metal, samemay be given the proper curve during the process of manufacture thereof.

Thus it will be seen that I have produced a brush that is simple instructure, inexpensive of manufacture, and which is very effective inperforming the functions for which it is intended, due to the fact thatwhile in use, approximately half the bristles automatically act as rakesto pick up sweepings and deliver Same into the pockets or spaces betweenthe row of bristles.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form andconstruction of the various parts of my improved brush may be made andsubstituted for those herein shown and described, without departing fromthe spirit of the invention, the scope of which is set forth in theappended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A clothes brush comprising a body, a parallel row of tufts of bristleshaving their upper ends secured in the lower portion of said body anddepending therefrom, the upper portions of which tufts of bristles arestraight and disposed at right angles to the underface gf said body, thelower portions of said tufts being curved toward each REFERENCES CITEDother with the lower ends of the inner bristles in h 0 w n r f r n areof record i h the members of the respective pairs of tufts in file 0fthls Patent: abutting relationship and there being a. free Open 5 spaceof substantlal area. between the rows of N b N D t tufts to rovide aswee ings storage 5 ace. um mm a e e p p p 1,794,671 Conwill Mar. 3,1931

L L TYLER 2,226,634 Sabin Dec. 31, 1940

